number four is alexander wedderburn. when i blew up the image and looked at the way in which they are represented, the caricature in the portraits have a pretty good match. it is almost in a sense the caricaturist had some idea of what these individuals generally looked like. what is going on here is these men, these scots, are being made to stand in for that unenglish fleet of royal officials increasingly willing to ignore constitutional liberties and legal rights held in common by english communities on both sides of the atlantic. what could we say about the print and the wider images. the first point is to clarify when it was created. because 1775 was a fairly action-packed year. we need to get an idea of when within '75 it is likely to be produced. if it was produced in response to any of the fast-moving events around boston from the reinforcement of the army through the army of 1774, bunker hill or the siege against the british, it would tell us something about the creator and the intended audience. the last named i

what are burned -- wedderburn is a fascinating character. in legal terms he was a strong supporter of key aspects of wilson's agenda. he's got r of woke's position. it is a good way of trying to get across the fact that none of these political stances are really defined by ethnicity. yes, the caricature is z englishman our liberty loving and abide by the law. all scotts are despotic. they won't worry about your property. wedderburn was crossing political lines constantly. >> what if the except since -- he was taken as proof of another key characteristic within this discourse and regarding scottish political behavior. that was that they would know that that they would not no political principle if if it fell from them at a hike. they will effectively shift from where the government wants them to be. wedderburn took a strong stance and it was a hawk when it came to dealing with the aftermath of the tea party. he advocated a massive reinforcement of gauges forces in boston. he was seen as typical of a very clear pattern of excessive and politic